‘Floating University’ MS World Odyssey drops anchor at Aqaba Port

‘Floating University’ MS World Odyssey drops anchor at Aqaba Port

AMMAN — Semester at Sea (SaS), a cruise-based study-abroad programme administered by the Institute of Shipboard Education (ISE) from Fort Collins, Colorado, arrived in Aqaba on Tuesday.

More than 623 students from various US universities are travelling aboard the ship for the duration of one semester in order to pursue their research specialisations in the various countries they visit, the Jordan News Agency, Petra, reported. 

Peter Marji, Director of Tourism at the Aqaba Special Economic Zone Authority (ASEZA), said that the floating university hosts students from 60 countries studying 75 different disciplines.